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  • Anybody have running shoe company suggestions in Omaha? Now that we won't be going to Lincoln this fall, I'm not sure if we'll be heading up there and stopping by The Lincoln Running Company which is where I used to get new shoes.

    Xmas32
    Xmas32
    Dang..I'm weirdly able to help here too.  My SIL swears by Peak Performance.  

    Enhance
    Enhance
    I'm going to just start PM'ing all my status updates to you directly LOL

    Has anyone here ever done one of those 'drive a supercar on a local track' experiences? I've long thought about it and it turns out there's going to be one near Omaha Oct. 2-3.

    Mavric
    Mavric
    I was at a conference in Texas last year and they had an event at the Circuit of the Americas.  Most of the time, they let people take the class and actually get to drive the souped-up Audis they have there.  But since there were so many of us for on one evening, they had drivers for the cars and we just got to ride.  It was pretty fun just to get to ride in it.  I don't know what it would cost to actually get to drive it but I think it would be a blast.

    ZRod
    ZRod
    @knapplc just leave the TCS on and make sure it's got good tires  :D

    If you don't mind dropping bigger coin there's Bondurant driving school in Phoenix.

    I AM FOOT FOOT
    I AM FOOT FOOT
    Isn't there a road course already in Omaha?? 

    I fought the law and won. My complaint I filed against my property tax increase was reviewed and the assessor agreed that I was being way over-valued. So instead of a 32% increase, I only have a 15% increase. I'll take it after remaining stagnant for several years now.

    Mavric
    Mavric
    I just hope that your next step isn't "I shot the sheriff"

    Enhance
    Enhance
    @JJ Husker I don't think the valuation process is near as responsible or trustworthy as we would hope. If I'm being honest, my argument wasn't exactly foolproof. I looked up similar homes, their prices and what they sold for vs. their county valuations in recent years, but I also did it all sort of last minute and there were some obvious flaws in my argument. But what are they going to do, dedicate hours of time to my case? They probably got thousands of complaints and requests for reassessments.

    Even the assessor's explanation of why they sided with me felt vague and straight forward. Literally they put one sentence on my report that amounted to 'I looked at the complaint's argument and agreed with them' lol

    JJ Husker
    JJ Husker
    @Enhance I guess what frustrates me is, I know they base the value on comp sales from a set time period and neighborhood. I researched those comp sales and absolutely none of them supported their huge increase. I gave them about ten comps that supported mine and they just said no, our valuation stands. And they won't provide the basis on which they valued it. I could've taken it the next step and appealed it to the county commissioners but I didn't want to commit any more time to it. They were about $80k higher than my highest guess. They just want/need money and that is hard to fight.

    I got really lazy and took all of my knives to a dude to have him sharpen them.

    RedDenver
    RedDenver
    I did that for years, and it's a really good option if you don't want to sharpen them yourself.

    macroboy
    macroboy
    The Knife Guys in Denver are my go to

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    dubsker
    My wife has been doing most of the cooking lately, and my time has been a bit short.  I wanted to set her up for success while she learned how to cook and I didn't feel like honing all my knives by hand for a few hours.  Plus, support your local business right now and all that.

    I'm inordinately excited about my whet stone that just arrived and sharpening my chef's knife for the first time... ever.

    I'm also thinking about ordering a better knife sometime soon, something like a Damascus steel. Anyone have one of those?

    Savage Husker
    Savage Husker
    I have been gifted a Shun; chef, boning, and santoku knives over the past several years. I freakin love them. My Dad is the cook in the family, so I bought him a whet stone for Father’s Day last year and it has been quite useful. I was unsure which one to purchase, so I just went with a less expensive one that had solid reviews.
     

    Side note: If you want to gawk at some fancy Damascus steel and can afford a cool $1,000 knife, check out Muamasi Fire Art. Joe Rogan talked about him briefly on a podcast and he was a judges pick contender who won an episode on Forged in Fire. Went to HS with him and he is a super great guy. https://instagram.com/maumasifirearts?igshid=11lolgktyp3ns

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    dubsker
    RedDenver
    RedDenver
    On a scale of 1-10, how irritated and/or pissed should I be that one of the people I share my Netflix account with (brother/sister-in-law, mother/father-in-law) upgraded my Netflix account to the Ultra HD package without asking me? You have to do it from a logged in computer and not the app.

    Bear in mind that I've never once asked any of them to help pay for it, but none of them have ever offered, either. It's only a $4/month difference, but to not even ask or gives a heads up?

    Minnesota_husker
    Minnesota_husker
    @Xmas32100%-- His wife is for sure trying to get out front--MAYBE it was her that did it all along?!?!?!

    Xmas32
    Xmas32
    That would be extra diabolical!

    Enhance
    Enhance
    I at least know it wasn't her because we were driving home at the time it happened.  :D

    Plus when I told my wife this morning she was kind of pissed at first too lol. This 'pop up' does seem suspicious though...

    A pilot program is going to test paying Taco Bell managers $100k salaries in an effort to reduce turnover... forcing millions of Americans to question their life choices.

    JJ Husker
    JJ Husker
    @Xmas32 it also helps that their product isn't a$$. Just sayin.

    I mean if employee retention is what you want and it benefits the bottom line to pay them 2-3 times what you've been doing, fine. But it still isn't going to do much for a Taco Bell type place as far as increasing customers and sales. It might have the effect of lowering their costs tho.

    NUance
    NUance
    I have a feeling that those little 4 oz. Taco Bell soft tacos are soon going to weigh in at about 2 oz.  

    Xmas32
    Xmas32
    @JJ Husker I agree that Taco Bell's pilot program is probably doomed to fail.  Too many things working against it.

    Looking for feedback! I'm planning to apply for an airline credit card/traveler's credit card and I'm currently down to two options - I'm either going to get a general one with Chase Sapphire Preferred Rewards or an airline specific one with Delta Skymiles. But, I'd love to get thoughts/opinions from anyone who travels a lot. Who do you use? Pros/cons? Would you go with a different rewards program now if you could? Thanks!

    teachercd
    krc1995
    krc1995
    Went through this myself last month. Is there a set airline that you use? The only thing that’s nice about airline cards is some give you a free bag, priority boarding and other perks that are pretty much hassle free to use. But I chose the Sapphire. It’s a very heavy card. 

    Caveman
    Caveman
    I use a Chase Sapphire Preferred and its great. Although if you are considering a Chase Sapphire Preferred, get the Chase Sapphire Reserve instead. It's annual fee is $350 extra per year, but you get $300 each year in travel vouchers, more cash back per expenditures, and free global entry.

    Both cards provide free rental car insurance and insurance for electronic purchases. 

    The rumor mill is buzzing that Ozigbo has locked up the 3rd back spot in NO.

    suh_fan93
    suh_fan93
    I just watched their last game and he was getting extra yards after contact and making guys flat out miss and thought to myself that guy definitely deserves to be on an NFL roster.  He looked really good with what he had to work and with his opportunities when given the ball imo.

    ColoradoHusk
    ColoradoHusk
    I am not sure how much special teams he played at Nebraska, but it helps a guy like him if he can be on coverage teams.  The last few guys on the roster have to be able to contribute on special teams.

    Coach Osborne dropped an interesting conference expansion nugget at this morning's Big Red Today when asked about Nebraska's shuffle from the Big 12 to the Big 10.

    I'm pretty sure this was heavily rumored, and maybe it's common knowledge now, but he said the Big 12 South had "agreed in principle" to move to the Pac 12, and that this was one of the biggest reasons we had shopped around for a different conference.

    VectorVictor
    VectorVictor
    @Redux IMO, I don't believe so--one thing that was appealing about the B1G and that we pride ourselves on is that DoNU is pretty good, academically, and we have been looking for some time to improve on that. :cowbell:

    We've improved our academics in spades with the B1G, and it's gotten the notice of schools like Oklahoma that are in a similar situation. Unless Oklahoma has a course change in their future goals re: academics, academic improvement via the B1G is why Oklahoma to the B1G down the road will have a very strong likelihood (even though their idiot fans want the SEC :facepalm: ). 

    Joining the SEC would have had an adverse effect on our academics--we wouldn't have partnerships with the few Big XII schools that did happen to remember they were a school first, and the SEC doesn't have any sort of academic consortium (or any sort of inter-conference academic programs of note). At best, our academics in the SEC would be moribund. 

    Now, IIRC, the Pac-12 (and the Pac-10) did have something similar, but not as encompassing, as the B1G's academic consortium. So to respond to your question, perhaps we could have been moving buddies with Colorado to the Pac-12 instead?  :dunno

    Redux
    Redux
    I don't think the PAC 10 would have been very appealing to Nebraska, geographically speaking it's further than most the B1G trips and they don't really fit into either division very well.  A yearly match with USC may be appealing but still.

    With as hot as the SEC was in 2010-2011 an invite would have been pretty hard to turn down.  Joining a footprint where recruiting is almost on cruise control and you get national love in the form of rankings without doing anything.

    VectorVictor
    VectorVictor
    @Redux I agree, a Pac-10 invite wouldn't have been appealing, but it still would have been better than our current situation in the Big XII (though not by much). And don't forget matches with UCLA, or Oregon, or Washington (all teams that were certainly competent at the time). 

    And I bet it would have been hard to turn a SEC invite down...if we had someone other than Dr. Tom at the helm. IMO, folks like Dr. Tom are quick to remember that Nebraska is more than football, and I don't think he cares for the dirty pool the SEC willingly plays in. 

    Now, if it's an Eichorst, or maybe even a Moos making the decision back then, I'd agree. But not with Dr. Tom at the helm.

    #1stWorldProblemRant: a lot of people in the 55+ demo must not know what AirPods are. People at my work (including complete strangers) will try to strike up polite conversations with me when I have them in.

    I mean, it's obvious they're headphones, right? Which comes with the innate understanding that the person is probably listening to something, yeah? Is it because they're hard to see? What other reason would a stranger have for trying to tell me why they're tired after walking for 15 minutes on a treadmill in the company gym??? This kind of stuff happens far too often.

    And the worst is when I'm actually having a phone conversation on them. People can hear me talking and they try to interrupt. It's like they think I'm talking to myself.

    teachercd
    teachercd
    I go with the old big headphones that plug into my record player.  Is it a pain to carry around?  Yes.  Does it make me seem like a hipster douche, they do.  

    JJ Husker
    JJ Husker
    @ZRod No, that’s “I hate the Hallmark channel” right there. But yeah, I guess I love her enough to let her watch that garbage on MY tv  :lol:

    JJ Husker
    JJ Husker
    @teachercd you need to go old school hipster douche and carry a boom box on your shoulder.

    Informal poll: my wife is traveling this weekend, which is the first time we haven't been together on a weekend in probably... years... by this point. Don't even remember the last time.

    I'm torn between being productive or just being a total degenerate. What say you?

    B.B. Hemingway
    B.B. Hemingway
    I'll always vote for productivity.... That comes in many forms, of course.

    Enhance
    Enhance
    suh_fan93
    suh_fan93
    Do whatever you feel like as long as there isn't something that has to be done!  We all need a little free time to just kind of do 'whatever'.  Signed NOT Dr. Phil or Oprah lol.

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